Harry EVANS

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Service Number:	2124
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Esholt, Yorkshire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Long Preston School, England
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	Illness (Enteric fever), 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 16 September 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 211 Rev. R. H. Pitt-Owens officiated, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2124, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2124, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2124, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
4 Apr 1915:	Involvement Driver, 2124, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2124 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-09-16

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Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

Residential address at the time of enlistment was Queensland Hotel, Mackay, QLD

Son of Stephen and Ellen Evans of Main Street, Long Preston, Yorkshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victoria Medal

Also served with the Territorials in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment

Worked with the Midlands Railway Station, Hellifield, Yorkshire as a messenger